Door-hanger



(No-Model.)

EA. Gf STBARNS. Dooa HANGER.

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N. Farms, msu-mmmph, wa

' NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE@V EDWARD c. srEAENs, on sYEAoUsE, NEW YORK.

Doon-HANGER.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters '.ll-atent No.7268,836, dated December 12, 188?.

' Application tiled January 5, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom tt may concern:

' Be it known that I, EDwAaDC. STEARNS, i

of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door Hangers, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class ofdoorhangers usually designated barn-door hangers,and which have a single carrying wheel or roller riding on a stationary track-rail above the door.

The invention consists cheiiy in providing the hanger-strap with lateral arms extended across the track-rail at opposite sides ot' the hanger-strap, .and providing the ends ot' said arms with suitable hearings adapted to engage the rear ofthe track-rail; and it also consists in uniting the aforesaid arms at theirends by a bridge, forming one of the'axial supports for the carrying-roller, all as hereinafter m ore fully explained, and specifically -set forth in lthe claims.

In the annexed'drawiugs, Figure l is a face view of my improved door-hanger; Fig. 2, an edge View, and Fig. 3 aplan view, of the same.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

A represents the hanger-strap, secured to f the upper portion of the doorD, and project` ing above the sameand above the usual trackrail, T, on the side of the building, and having journaled ou its end the carrying-wheel WV,

which travels on the aforesaid track-rail and i carriesthedoorinasuspended position. From opposite edges of the hanger-strap A project two arms, a ce, which are extended across the top ot' the track-rail, and have journaled on their extremities a horizontal friction-roller, r, adapted to engage the rear face of the track rail T, asbest seen in Figs.2 and 3ot' thedrawings. In order to brace the arms a a, and at the'same time obtain anl additional axial support for the carrying-wheel W, I imite said arms by a bridge, b, which has its ceintralor intermediate part raised sufliciently to receive through it or otherwise sustain the journal of the wheel W at the rear of said wheel.

I am aware ot' the use of a guide-roller sustained at the rear ofthe track-rail by a bar to which said roller is pivoted, and which bar is adjnstably connected to arms projecting from the upper portion of the hanger-strap but such arrangement of parts is complicated and expensive, and does not afford thereqnisitesecurity to the position ofthe guideroller.

Having described myinvention, what Iclaim 1s y l. The combination, with the hanger Aand wheel W, ofthe arms a @,exrendcd from opposite sides of the hanger across the tread of the wheel, and terminating with bearingsragainst the rear face ofthe track-rail, as set forth and shown. Y

2. The combination, with the hanger A and wheel WV, of theA arms a a, extended from opposite sides of the hanger across the tread ot' the wheel, and the roller r, pivoted directly7 on the extremity of said arms and engaging the rear of the track-rail T, substantially as described and shown.

3. The improved door-hanger consisting ot' the hanger-strap A, having the arms a n reaching across the track-rail T, the rollers r, pivoted on the extremities of said arms and engaging the rear ofthe track-rail, the bridge b, rigidly attached to the arms a a, and the wheelW, journaled on and between the hanger-strap and bridge, all constructed and combined substantially in the manner described and shown.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto signed my naine and aiixed my seal, in the presence ot'two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the conntyof Onondaga,in theStateof New York, this 24th day of December, 1881.

EDWARD C. STEAR-NS.

XVitnesses:

C. H. DUELL,` WM. C. RAYMOND. 

